[WikiEN-l] Automated VFDing was Re: Banality threshold

[Anthony]

On 10/1/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Out of curiosity... (my test MW wiki is off right now or I'd try this...)
> > > >
> > > > If someone deletes an article on your watchlist, the deletion event
> > > > does not show up on the watchlist, correct?
> > > >
> > > > I'm inclined to think that this is a bug...
>
> Yes, I can see several ways around it.  That's the one that doesn't
> take any programming on my part to implement, though I would probably
> want to script up something to scrape my watchlist and auto-create the
> separate pages [[:page]] list.
>
Wait, you want to create a separate page to see if items in your
watchlist are red?  Just use
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist&action=edit